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Dublin is a great place to immerse yourself in the English language, giving you plenty of interaction with native speakers and helping you to develop both your written and verbal language skills. As well as your English language lessons with Englishour, the city of Dublin itself is a major reason to study here. If you need any more convincing to come to Dublin, check out these 8 great facts that will have you booking your Englishour courses as soon as possible.

It is exciting to be able to speak another language. It can of course be frustrating too. Not being able to articulate what you want or how you feel or what your opinion is on something can feel terrible. Being with a group of native speakers and not being able to follow the group conversation can leave you feeling alone.

When communicating through English, there will always be options presenting the speaker with a language choice.
In English, the choice will be either in a formal style or an informal style.
The formal style is often a direct translation from your language:
I told Peter everything he needed to know
The informal style will not be a direct translation but rather a PHRASAL VERB:
I filled Peter in.

Once upon a time, there were two little verbs, to be and to have. To be and to have were great friends because they had one big thing in common. They both described things. To be described things on the inside, their essence. When to be did this, he teamed up with one of his adjective friends.

Pet hates are great, even the contradictory name. You put something as negative as a hate (not even a dislike) together with the ultra-friendly word pet. They shouldn’t co-exist but of course in our paradoxical world, they do. We love our pets. We hold them and stroke them and give them little cuddles. We keep them close because they are soft and furry and we know as they nuzzle up to us that they so desperately need our love. Now put that concept beside one of hatred. All the positive love you feel for your little pet but now focused onto a hate.

In considering objectives for our Englishour courses, we keep in mind that English today is spoken by a vast array of people, both native speakers and speakers of English as a second language. While the variation is not huge, we need to bear in mind the reasons why specific learners are on our program. For some, the language they want is purely social, whilst for others it may be to advance their careers. Therefore, when looking at our learners as a group, our objectives need to be quite broad, as opposed to a group, for example, learning English for special purposes.

‘Do’ is a great little word in English! In English, “I do” means “I’ll marry you for the rest of my life”. It’s a romantic verb but it’s also a verb of action! We do activities. We do business. We do work.
Anything related to the idea of work can be described by do. For example, work around the house is called ‘chores’. We do chores. We do the ironing, we do the washing-up, we do the cooking, the cleaning and the washing. When we are busy, there is so much to do! I have to do the shopping and then later I have to do my homework.

The present perfect can be a hard tense to understand and a beautiful tense to explain. The problem for students is that it looks like and feels like the past. But it isn’t. The clue is in the title: The present perfect. It’s all about the present!
The present perfect isn’t about what you did yesterday, or what you did when you were a child or that time you forgot your key or any of that. It’s all about now. More precisely, it relates past actions to the present.

'Lovely memories. And if anytime i go back to Dublin, no doubt I'll go back to Englishour.'

Nuria Montoro, Spain 2015

'I chose Englishour and I think I made a good choice, because the teachers are great, they are not focused only in teaching, they are funny and friendly, they are always ready to help even in extracurricular issues.'

Sarah Malta, Brazil 2015

'My school was in a good place, because it is in the centre of Dublin. The teacher was very friendly and knowledgeable. This experience was very good for me.'

Tommaso Toffolutti, Italy 2015

'All the teachers are fantastic and they use the best method to teach English to students'

Anastasia Nardecci, Italy 2014

'Just keep the teachers. They're awesome :)'

Nikita Metelev, Russia 2014

'The teachers are fantastic. And the director and the shool manager og the school are good people. I would like to have teachers like those in my city, but I know it's impossible. So.. Can I take you with me?'

Venesa Echevarria, Spain 2014

'I was every time happy about the teachers'

Roman Canals, Germany 1024

'The best teacher in the world!'

Maria del Rocio Benita Hortelano, Spain 2014

'I totally recommend Englishour. It was a great experience and I would come back! Thanks a lot!’

Maria Isabel, Spain 2014

'I spent a really good time in this school. I find Englishour is one of the best schools in Dublin for the teaching’

Mauro, Italy 2014

'The most important thing about Englishour is that you are sure to improve your English if you want to do it’

Angeles, Spain 2013

‘The classes were very dynamic and useful’

Matilde, France 2013

‘The lessons were always varied, never boring. Their method of teaching is very memorable’

Anette Wolff, Germany, 2012

‘The lessons were interesting and well-structured. Going to the school each morning was the best moment each day!’